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| If We Live in Forgetfulness, We Die in a Dream a String Quartet Composed by Jason Kao Hwang If We Live in Forgetfulness, We Die in a Dream a string quartet composed by Jason Kao Hwang Performed by the Momenta String Quartet Emile-Anne Gendron, Alex Shiozaki - violins Stephanie Griffin - viola Michael Haas -cello Momenta Festival V: American Voices Friday, October 18, 7pm Terri Cultural Institute 43a West 13th St., NYC Free admission, no reservation required, general seating Curated by Michael Haas If We Live in Forgetfulness, We Die in a Dream The title, Thich Nhat Hanh's quotation of an ancient Zen master, resonates with the fundamental progression of this music. The vibrant birth of each sound inevitably decays into silence, a perpetual continuum of life and death that our mercurial consciousness struggles with. This existence, the flow of music, contends with dreams, aspirations, forgetfulness, anger and love in a wordless language that moves incessantly between metaphor, prayer and song. The voices within the string quartet unite and diverge within the internal complexity of each simple moment, as both essence and image. This totality occurs faster and with more subtlety than human perception. With faith, we listen and we travel through one life time knowing that "If we live in forgetfulness, we die in a dream. - Jason Kao Hwang, 2011 I am thrilled that the virtuosic Momenta String Quartet will perform my composition that they premiered in 2011. - Jason Kao Hwang Read more about this outstanding string quartet here. Check out the entire Momenta Festival schedule. Program for the Evening: Manena Contreras: Instantes Alyssa Weinberg: Still Life for clarinet and string quartet (NYC PREMIERE) Jason Kao Hwang: If We Live Forgetfulness, We Die in a Dream Christopher Stark: Seasonal Music (WORLD PREMIERE) write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |